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Carbon commitments facing headwinds

Oil price crash effects on investment in cleaner energy still unclear, but energy transition advocates hope crisis will speed up effort

Scope 3: a Shell station in Farnborough, England. Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden last month said the company would become carbon neutral by 2050.
Scope 3: a Shell station in Farnborough, England. Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden last month said the company would become carbon neutral by 2050.Photo: AFP/SCANPIX
  • Russell McCulley
London
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Published 30 April 2020, 08:46Updated 1 May 2020, 07:35